Continuing a series of profiles of lifeboat classes By Keith Thatcher RNLI Naval Architect TI he RNLI's experiment with an in the Waveney class proved to Institution turned its attention to tended service...
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THE Loss OF THE UTOPIA.
THE loss of a fine ship of 1,000 tons or more, with a valuable cargo on board, is- so frequent an occurence now-a-days, and yet the aggregate of such losses forms so small a per-centage to the...
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Royal National Lifeboat Institution Contents Volume 53 Number 529 Chairman: MICHAEL VERNON Director and Secretary: LT CDR BRIAN MILES CUE RD FNI RNR Editor: MIKE FLOYD Editorial Assistant: MARY GYOPARI Advertisement Manager: BARBARA...
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Thirty-five years back • Commander Pearson's encounter with the lifeboat service off the Scottish coast during the last war, described in his letter published in the spring issue of THE LIFEBOAT, interested me very much. Having spent a...
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ABERYSTWITH, CARDIGANSHIRE.—The Life-boat stationed here many years since has been replaced by a new self-righting boat, which is 35 ft. long by 8 ft. 6 in.
wide and rows ten oars double-banked.
She is...
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A profitable partnership (for the lifeboats) was entered into when Esher branch joined forces with a local smallholder to sell fruit and vegetables as well as RNLI souvenirs at Esher Fair. The entire profit of over £100 went to the... - View image in PDF
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Bryan Ralph (left) starts the big pull for Operation Sterndrive. With him are, from left to right, Trevor Lee (puller), Bryan Thompson (puller), 'Maggie' (helper), Janet Ralph (co-organiser and steerer), and Ken and Ruth Cookson... - View image in PDF
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THE Royal Humane Society has awarded its bronze medal and certificate to Robert John Gammon, the mechanic of the life-boat at The Mumbles, for attempting to rescue a "frogman" •who was working under water on repairs to the pier....
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Still going strong It may be of interest to some of your readers that the actual barometer featured on p. 312 of your Spring 1986 edition is still in good working order and situated in a glass panelled recess in a wall at the village of...
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. . Bound in boards cut from the oak knees used for the stems of lifeboats,. - View image in PDF
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